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By Guy Taylor Transport for London (TfL) spent over £14m tackling fare dodgers on London’s Tube last year, but recouped just £638k for the effort. According to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, the transport body spent around £14.2m on a “revenue enforcement team” on the London Underground and a further £7.7m enforcing fares on bus services. However, only around £638,000 in dodged Tube fares was returned to TfL. On London’s buses, the figure was £707,272. The total expenditure figure is likely higher given that TfL did not record how much was spent on the Elizabeth Line, London Overgroun…

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